Source: Today's Headlines • Food Industry Eye / Author: Akira Akiyama
Health food is a high-quality food, which has played a very important role in promoting national health, and will continue to help upgrade consumption. However, some enterprises indiscriminately add raw materials and accessories to health foods and label health care functions in violation of regulations, which not only affects the quality of health food safety, but also misleads consumers.
In order to accurately play the role of health food and standardize the production and operation behavior of nutrient supplement health food, the State Administration for Market Regulation organized the revision of the two catalogues of the 2016 edition, and drafted the Catalogue of Raw Materials for Nutrient Supplements and Health Foods (Draft for Comment) (2019 Edition) and the Catalogue of Health Functions That Allow Nutrient Supplements and Health Foods to Claim (Draft for Comment) (2019 Edition), which are now open for comments.
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The draft opinions involve a total of 23 kinds of nutrients in the two major categories of minerals and vitamins, and the health care functions and labeling methods that can be claimed by these two types of nutrient supplement health foods have been stipulated accordingly.
The revision of these two catalogues concerns the vital interests of many health food enterprises and consumers, and has attracted public attention. So, what health functions can be claimed by nutrient supplement health foods in the future, and how should these health functions be marked on the health food label? Let's move on to the next look.
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1. What health care functions can be claimed by nutrient supplement health food?
After carefully reviewing the Catalogue of Nutritional Supplements and Health Food Raw Materials (Draft for Comment) (2019 Edition), the author found that the catalogue involves a total of 23 nutrients, including minerals and vitamins, and the specific list is as follows:
Calcium, magnesium, potassium, manganese, iron, zinc, selenium, copper, vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, niacin (niacin), folic acid, biotin, choline, vitamin C, vitamin K, pantothenic acid, vitamin E, β-carotene.
The health function of nutrient supplement health food is to supplement vitamins and minerals, including supplementation of the above 23 nutrients.
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Second, the specific name of the nutritional supplement health food raw materials
The list of the above 23 nutrients is derived from a variety of compounds (i.e., health food ingredients), and the list of these raw materials is as follows:
Calcium carbonate, calcium acetate, calcium chloride, calcium citrate, calcium gluconate, calcium lactate, dibasic calcium phosphate, dihydrocalcium phosphate, tricalcium phosphate (calcium phosphate), calcium sulfate, calcium L-lactate, calcium glycerin phosphate, calcium malate citrate, magnesium carbonate, magnesium oxide, magnesium chloride, magnesium L-threonate, magnesium gluconate, dipotassium phosphate, dipotassium dihydrogen phosphate, potassium chloride, potassium citrate, potassium carbonate, manganese sulfate, manganese gluconate, ferrous gluconate, ferrous fumarate, ferrous sulfate, ferrous lactate, ferrous succinate, Iron pyrophosphate, iron citrate;
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Zinc sulfate, zinc citrate, zinc citrate (trihydrate), zinc gluconate, zinc oxide, zinc lactate, zinc acetate, sodium selenite, selenium-rich yeast, L-selenium-methylselene cysteine, selenium carrageenan, copper sulfate, copper gluconate, retinyl acetate, retinyl palmitate, β-carotene, vitamin D2, vitamin D3, thiamine hydrochloride, thiamine hydrochloride, riboflavin 5'-sodium phosphate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, cyanocobalamin, niacinamide, folic acid, (6S)-5-methyltetrahydrofolate , Glucosamine salt; D-biotin; choline bitartrate, choline chloride; L- ascorbic acid, L- sodium ascorbate, L- calcium ascorbate, ascorbyl palmitate; vitamin K1, vitamin K2 (fermentation method);
Health food raw materials: vitamin C
D-α-tocopherol, D-α-tocopheryl acetate, D-α-tocopheryl succinate, dl-α-tocopheryl acetate, dl-α-tocopherol, vitamin E calcium succinate.
Third, how to label the health function of nutrient health food?
The health function of nutrient supplement health food is to supplement vitamins and minerals, including supplementation with the 23 nutrients described above. So, how should these health care functions be labeled in order to be legal and compliant, and will not deceive and mislead consumers?
Figure 6 - Health food inspection, food safety inspection, vitamin C, vitamin E, iron supplement health food, calcium, zinc supplement, health food, softgels, oral liquid
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The newly revised Catalogue of Health Function Claims of Allowing Nutrient Supplement Health Foods (Draft for Comment) (2019 Edition) explains these health care functions, such as: 1. There are 3 interpretations of the health function "supplemental iron": iron is an important component of hemoglobin formation; iron is an essential element for hemoglobin formation; and iron is necessary for the production of hemoglobin. 2. The interpretation of "magnesium supplementation" for health care function is: magnesium is an important component of energy metabolism, tissue formation and bone development.
The catalogue of health care functions (draft for comments) stipulates: 1. The standard terms for claiming the functions of one or more nutritional ingredients corresponding to the definition may be used in the labels of health foods. 2. The terms used for functional claims may not be deleted, added or merged in any form.
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